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Sample Policies, Templates and Other Governance Resources

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Hot Topics

• New! Seven Healthcare Policy Questions for Boards
• New! Who is an Independent Director? (courtesy of The Governance Institute)
• New! Great Boards' Buyer's Guide to Board Portals
• New! The Executive Committee: Uses and Abuses
• New! Briefing Paper: Board's Role in Mergers and Alliances. Barry Bader recommends seven questions boards should ask about mergers and alliances, and he outlines 10 steps for appropriately engaging directors in delicate merger or alliance discussions.
• "Institutional integrity" white paper (The Governance Institute)
• IRS “good governance” guidelines
• Shared governance model in a Kansas-based health system
• More

Policies and Practices

• Policy on board composition and recruitment
• Overseeing the audit process
• Succession planning for board leaders
• Definition of an “independent director”
• More

Links to Other Governance Websites

• The Governance Institute
• McDermott, Will & Emery
• More

Board Roles and Responsibilities

• Position description for a director
• Position description for a Board Chairperson
• More

Committee Charters: Updated July 2008!

• Audit and Corporate Compliance Committee charter
• Community Benefit Mission Committee charter
• Executive Committee charter
• Executive Evaluation and Compensation Committee Charter
• Finance Committee Charter
• Governance Committee charter
• Joint Conference Committee sample charter
• Quality and Professional Affairs Committee Charter
• Strategic Planning Committee sample charter

Tools and Templates

• Board orientation plan
• Performance dashboard
• More

Quality and Patient Safety

• Differentiating board and committee work on quality
• Educational audit of the physician credentialing process
• Best practices for board quality committees
• 7 things your board can do to improve quality and patient safety
• Interview with IHI's Jim Conway, MD
• Aligning hospitals and physicians around quality
• More